it will have an impact on the economy. i hope -- we have a lot we have to settle, but there is one thing we should all agree on. the middle-class tax cut should be made permanent. it has already passed the senate. it takes a single vote. we are fully prepared to work with our republican colleagues to make sure we deal with the rest of the fiscal cliff, but that would take $900 billion off of it right now. so folks, just look around here -- people are, consumer confidence is growing. the last thing we need to do is- that now by -- dash that by now by not extending middle-class tax cuts. thanks for shopping with me. i know you not tell anyone what i bought. thank you very much. [applause] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] >> president obama hosted former governor mitt romney for lunch on thursday. the white house -- they released this photo of their first meeting since the end of the election. governor romney is said to have congratulated the pres